oh the eames..

Who doesn’t love the Eames husband and wife team? They completely transformed the furniture world by creating lean, sleek, simple, and let’s not leave out beautiful, furniture. They created more than a new look during the design revolution of the 40’s and 50’s – they had grand ideas about saving the world. They wanted to design for ordinary people to bring more simplicity and pleasure to the life of the “average Joe.” Ironically, their once affordable furniture is now anything but affordable but every bit as stylish and functional.

Charles and Ray Eames were an amazing couple. They created some of the most influential designs of the 20^th century, and they didn’t stop there. This versatile pair made films, designed houses and showrooms, and invented toys. More importantly, they showed the world that good design can improve our quality of life.

Do you have a list of living and dead people that you would invite to a dinner party? The Eames’ are definitely on my invite list.

Photos: Design Within Reach